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South transept south. Events in the life of Our Lord, 1896.
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South Transept South. 1896.
Posted 14 February 2023.
In high Gothic style, the window on the south wall of the south transept sours impossibly skywards and almost to the roof. The transept was added in 1874 by G E Street.1 Bacon added the stained glass in 1896,2 the first of many windows installed over the subsequent two decades in Bournemouth churches, including a complete scheme at St Andrew's, Boscombe between 1910 and 1912. In 1896 the studio had been trading for just four years but had already been entrusted with prestigious commissions at Manchester and Newcastle Cathedrals. In comparison to both those earlier commissions, this window is enormous, and by far the largest the company had attempted to date. Percy Bacon's uncle, Walter James Bacon, was a JP and local business owner in Poole. Whether W. J. Bacon had any influence in introducing Percy to the church, or the architect is moot.
The window, of four tall lights and tracery, depicts early and later events in the life of Our Lord over two tiers, thus representing the Incarnation.
Bottom Tier (L-R):
The Nativity | Adoration of the Magi | Flight into Egypt | In the carpenter's shop.
Top Tier (L-R):
Baptism | Ecce Agnus Dei | Temptation of Jesus | Marriage at Cana.
In the centre between the narrative lights angels hold scrolls depicting Arma Christi, complemented by the same at the very foot of the window. At the top of each light angels play musical instruments. In the tracery angels hold the symbols of victory, the centre angel holding an open book; Verbum caro factum est, Et habitavit in nobis (The word was made flesh, and dwelt among us). At the very top angels hold a musical score of the Te Deum, flanked by IHS and Phi-Rho monograms.
The brass dedication plaque under the window, which was almost certainly executed by the Bacon Studio, is inscribed:
The above window was given by Edward Wise Rebbeck of Stafford Lodge
Bournemouth: the two centre compartments in loving memory of his dear wife
Susannah who fell asleep February 1st 1893: the others of his father and
Mother, William Edward and Jane Irwin Rebbeck and his Sister, Harriet
Rachel Rebbeck, also in memory of Robert and Georgina Crowther Berley
the foster parents of his wife: Their bodies rest in this churchyard.
Dedicated February 1st 1896.
The window is signed with the Bacon shield, bottom right.
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- Historic England Official listing.
- The Builder, Vol 71, 1 February 1896, p95, in which a copy of the
original design
The original design published by The Builder,
1 February 1896. PD Image.
was published.
Location Map:
Sat Nav Post Code: BH1 2EE